Package-tie.



fNo. 842,240. l PATBNTED JAN.4 29, 1907.

s. PEGK.- PACKAGE TIB..

APPLICATION PILED'MAB.. 26., 1906.

FEmnNA'ND s. rack, orf rET'osKEY,

MICHIGAN, AssieNoR or ONE-HALF To AvvrLLjZ. SEARLE, oFjPErosK'EY, MICHIGAN.

Beit known that'l, FERiiINANDSLPEoKfa! 'u citizen of the United vStates, residingat Pe'-4 in al'lthe views of the drawin referencegcharacters.

toskey, in the'ooiintyfef Emmet 'and State Lof Michigan, have invented certain vnew' and useful Improvements Iin lPackage ,-zTies *off which the following is "a 'specification;v

proved packageetie which is so designed-as to"v hold anumber of articles together for v con-1 -venienoepin shippinghstoring,-packing, orl similarpurposes;1

1 The Objeaef .the"inventan,sleeper/ide a tie of vthis :character bervery cheaply formed out jof asingle pieceof'fnial1v terial,y which can be'easily. and` quickly a ,f plied', andl which willA holdfthe articles .close y together, so as to' enable them to bei handled For a full description ofthe' invention -and thefmerits thereofl and also ,tog'ggacquire a knowledge of the.;V details of construction of the means foreflecting the result-reference is to be had to the following description and ac oompanying drawings, in whiche-f l v. Figure 1 is a perspective v'iew of the ini-v proved. ackage-tie. i L 2 isa longitudinall sectiona .view through t e same, and Fig. 3

is a plan viewshowing aI modification.

Corresponding and like"l parts lare referred' to in the following description,and'indic'ated gsrby ,the Same Thep'acka'gatie disclosed -the present application comprises, essentially, a bandy .1, whichis adapted to be wrapped arond the package and which. is `provided with an inte,- gral head or .enlargedportion 2, which is pelculiarly formed, so as to have an interlockn'ig Zconnection .with one end of the band. This enlarged portion 2fis shown 'a's located at an intermediate position upon the band 'l and v,is preferably placed nearer to one end of the band than to the opposite end. 'In the practical construction of the tie the head or venlarged portion 2" may be given any desired shape, according tothe purpose for Which'the vtie 1s to be employed or the wishes of the perl 'Specification of Letters Patent. Appiiation nednmh 23,1906. seriaiiraoealz.

' Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

`very.- sideof the head 2', preferably the shorter portion 3. oft-he band, embodies means ,forv entl'ieforiner is provided Awith'aseriefs. of transversfejsfslit's 6.A These slitsv filare4 preferably f three innumber, as. shoe-fn', and in the application of the'band the, end of the longer portion l#iis passedthronghthe two end slits, so that a .portion thereofvlies undef the head 2, as in- .having a'seriels 'offteeth formed its periph-- The portion of the band l upon one ',gagingrwith the package, so as to prevent the om slipping and` enable it to be drawn y f- 1 tightly around;.th e package, For this pur- .The present invention relates-to' an.- nn

dicated at S, and is then bent back upon itself I and passed through the intermediate slit and theend Vslit toward the short portion `3 of the band. In this manner a secure' connection 'is lobtained, which prevents the band fron; slipping apart or Working loose and' .causes 1t .to always lioldthe articles tightly together.

',-From the foregoingdescription it will be ap`- been drawn-together the `end of the longer.

.portion 5 may be'passe'dgthrough the series of "slits 6, as has been described, se as to hold the band securely in position. i Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as newisv l. A package-tie comprising an encircling band having an enlarged portion at an intermediate portion thereof, the portion of the bandupon one side of the enlarged portion being provided with means for preventing the band' from slipping upon the. package when being drawn in position around the saine, While the end of the opposite portion of the lband is adapted to interlock with the beforementioned intermediate enlarged portion.

2. A package-tie comprising van encircling band having an enlarged portion at an intermediato point therein, the portion of the band upon one side ol' the enlarged portion being 2 Y V@42,240v

formed with a series of spurs for preventing In testimony whereof I affix my signature the bund from slipping upon the packae "in presence of twwitnesses.'

when beine` drawn in posltion around t e Y f same,vvhi1eD the end 'of the opposite'portifon of i 'FERDILAD PECK [L' s'] the band i,S adapted to interlock withthe'- Witnesses:- A before-mentioned intermediate enlarged porl W. F. HOPKINS,

tion. 1 .l A. P. CLABK.- 

